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Responding to Criticism, UCSD Creates New Vice-Chancellorship for Ensuring Diversity Among Diversity Programs
Diversity Czar Will Oversee New Department of Diversity Departments, Responsibilities Include "Working to Prevent Multicultural Hegemony"
"We have something to offer," declares fully-abled new hire Brent Masterson.
Move Draws Fire from Chair of Recently Opened Department of Missing Points; University Promises to Fund Four-Year Task Force to Address Concerns, Assess Departmental Effectiveness
Vice-Chancellor Masterson: "Fifty-two employees across 18 departments, and not one straight, white, Christian dude with ancestral roots in Western Europe and an appreciation of English literature. It was unconscionable."
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Moravecglobal July 29, 2011 @ 6:35 p.m.
University of California Berkeley wasteful and not reansparent. University of California (UC) tuition, fee increases are an insult. Californians face mortgage defaults, 12% unemployment, pay reductions, loss of unemployment benefits. No layoff or wage reductions for UC Chancellors, Vice Chancellors, Faculty during greatest recession of modern times. There is no good reason to raise tuition, fees when wage concessions are available. UC wages must reflect California's ability to pay, not what others are paid. If wages better elsewhere, chancellors, vice chancellors, tenured, non tenured faculty, UCOP apply for the positions. If wages determine commitment to UC Berkeley, leave for better paying position. The sky above the 10 campuses will not fall. Pitch in (with deeds not words) for all California Democrats, Republicans UC! No furloughs. UCOP 18% reduction salaries & $50 million cut. Chancellors’ Vice-Chancellors’, 18% cut. Tenured faculty 15% trim. Non-Tenured, 10% reduction. Academic Senate, Council remove 100% costs salaries. It is especially galling to continue to generously compensate chancellors, vice-chancellors, faculty while Californians are making financial sacrifices and faculty, chancellor, vice-chancellor turnover is one of the lowest of public universities. The message that President Yudof, UC Board of Regent Chair Lansing, UC Berkeley Birgeneau are sending is that they have more concern for generously paid chancellors, faculty. The few at the top need to get a grip on economic reality and fairness. The California Legislature needs a Bill to oversee higher education salaries, tuition.
alansdca52 July 30, 2011 @ 10:25 a.m.
This is absolutely outrageous. As a staff member at UCSD where we have lost 30% of our staff, have taken furloughs,and am doing two jobs - I urge all Californians to write your legislator to protest this bloating bureaucracy.
This is all done in the name of political correctness. After some bad publicity caused by a few bad apples, the Administration goes into overdrive in yet another attempt to be diverse. At the end of the day only the best students will succeed - regardless of their color - btw - most happen to be Asian - a supposed "minority"
Students are asked to pay more and more - and get less and less.
Most of the faculty and staff I know feel this is simply a huge waste money to hire another overpaid administrator. Most of us are hoping the Fox administration and her lackeys collapse when she finally steps down!!
Moravecglobal July 30, 2011 @ 12:23 p.m.
Alansdca52...time for the faculty at the 10 campuses to stop ducking the problems and passing responsibility for them to others. The Academic Senate and Council need to get out of bed with the the Chancellors and Provosts. Like with an addiction, admitting you have a problem is the first step toward correcting it. University of California Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau ($500,000 salary) has forgotten that he is a public servant, steward of the public money, not overseer of his own fiefdom.
Recruits (using California tax $) out of state, foreign $50,000 tuition students who displace qualified sons, daughters of Californians from public university
education. Spends $7,000,000 + for consultants to do his & vice chancellors work
(prominent East Coast University accomplishing same 0 cost). University accrues $150 million of inefficiencies over his 8 year reign. Pays ex Michigan governor $300,000 for lectures. In procuring $3,000,000 consultants failed to receive proposals from other firms. Latino enrollment drops while out of state jumps 2010. Ranking : QS academic falls below top ten Tuition to Return on Investment drops below top10. NCAA places basketball program on probation: absence institutional control.
These are not isolated examples: it’s all shameful. There is no justification for such irregularities by a steward of the public trust. Absolutely none.
Birgeneau’s practices will not change. University of California Board of Regents Chair Sherry Lansing must do a better job of vigorously enforcing oversight by President Yudof than has been done in the past to Birgeneau who treat the university as his fiefdom.
Until demonstrable action is swiftly applied to chancellors by the UC Board of Regents/President Yudof, the University of California shouldn’t come to the Governor or public for support for any taxes, additional funding.
I have 35 years’ consulting experience; have taught at UC Berkeley, where I observed the culture & the way senior management works. No, I was not fired or downsized & have not solicited contracts from Cal.
Twister Aug. 26, 2011 @ 9:57 p.m.
fee fie fo' fiefdom!
ivanakerechanko June 16, 2012 @ 9 a.m.
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